What are your five worst places to be stationed in the Army?

ADAKM ADAK, ADAK, ADAK & ADACK!!!! ONCE WAS TOO MUCH!!!

I'm not sure if I can narrow it down to one place. They were all pretty bas considering I grew up in CA. The good new was in Iraq at least I was at a larger FOB that had some facilities.

I grew up in Louisiana and my wife in Florida. Both of us are very hot natured people My wife and I are very hot natured, so an assignment in Ft Richardson was the best we could have hoped for. My wife was active Army and I transferred up to the Alaska Army Guard. We are down in Florida once again, and I can't stand the heat anymore. So my worst places would be anywhere in the gulf south, for numerous reasons.

I wouldn't know, nearly every duty station I was PCS'd to has closed due to BRAC. Fort Ord, Fort Monroe, Fort McClellan, Fort Sheridan, and Fort Ben Harrison, as well as Camp Casey and Camp Stanley in the ROK. I had a couple of weeks or months at Fort Leavenworth, Fort Lewis, Fort Benning, and Fort Gordon, as well as Plebe year at West Point; each of those bases stayed open.

F5. Sill, Ok. 1985

Ft Bragg, NC. It is a farming community that has almost nothing to do. It is hot and humid in the summer and damp and cold in the winter. Mold grows up the walls and most of the mess halls have horrible food. The only decent food is in the Special Forces mess hall.

Fort Leonordwood. Good small post. Problem is nothing to do outside of post but get into trouble. Spent most of my career at Ft Sill lol. Greatest Germany by far once you get accustomed. Not big fans of Knox or Polk either.

Ft. Leonard Wood is pretty bad. Schofield Barracks the best.

Much depends on what your idea of a "good" duty station means. As for "bad" places, pretty much any duty station where the command climate is narcissistic & doesn't take care of their troops, IMO, is a bad assignment. The very same place, with a good command climate, can be a great place, regardless of where you go. Amenities for family & single soldiers, activities, tourist type of things, ect, also do much to determine how soldiers judge a duty assignment. So, overall, it's very subjective as to what anyone considers to be a bad or good duty assignment. I heard lots of complaints about Fort Hood on my 1st two tours there, but I was in a good command climate at the time and the amenities were satisfactory for me as a single soldier. However, on 3rd & last tour, after I got married, is when I noticed how widely different things were from unit to unit, based upon the command climate and came to understand why so many hated being where they were, mainly because of the command climate. When everyone in positions above you are looking out only for themselves and push others down so that they can be elevated over you, instead of taking care of you, then, you know you're in a bad command climate. When the command is quick to punish & slow to reward, you're in a bad command climate. When stress is high & morale is low, you're in a bad command climate. Consider these things when making an overall assessment of your duty station so that you can have a more objective view of things. Not just complain that it's always too hot, cold or rainy. You have to look at the bigger picture.

Fort Devens, MA! If the Army needs an enema, that's where the tube goes! Thank God, they closed that place!